xFreebirdx
Patriot Guard Rider
Personally I don't use Master Card.
Just a heads up!
Just a heads up!
MasterCard will no longer support the sales of tobacco products online
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I never use it, crazy stand tho
There is a tread here from 08 about this... Not sure if this is a resurgence of an old idea for "for real"
xFreebirdx
Patriot Guard Rider
I just got the email from "Cigar Box" today. I guess they mailed it out to all their customers regardless of the card they use. 
Cigary43
Just Another Ashhole
Vendors usually do business with Companys that give them a better deal....MC is one of those Credit Cards who have been making this choice for years now and they feel that they can make a PC statement that doesn't hurt their bottom line...tobacco isn't a huge market where they make a lot of money on as it is.
I was unable to find anything official regarding this stance by Mastercard, aside from the same CigarBoxPA email circulating. Perhaps there is something specific going on between CigarBox and MC... but I've used MC for 15+ years with the same card, never been denied anything and just made an online purchase a few days ago for cigars.
Cigary43
Just Another Ashhole
I did some searching on this and found this statement: March 2011
Mastercard, at least here in the US, is now requiring any online, phone, or mail order purchase of tobacco products to pay them $1000.00 PER YEAR! I told them to go f themselves." I've heard this from other Vendors who will not accept MC....a lot of places are not going to allow themselves to be abused like this and stopped doing business with MC....
http://www.OutwestTobacco.com.
I also feel that all of our customers should be aware of what is going on, so bear with me and read on.
To our customers who have been using MasterCard to purchase tobacco products from us:
MasterCard has informed us that they will no longer allow us to process transactions using MasterCard
unless we register with them. The catch is that they charge a $1,000.00 annual fee to register.
I feel this is excessive, that it is extortion and I have chosen not to meet their demand.
This is yet another effort from the anti-tobacco movement to deny mature adults a simple pleasure in their life.
This leaves you with a choice of using a different credit card or to pay by check or money order. If you use the
check/money order method of payment we must make the decision to either immediately ship the product and hope the
check clears so we get paid, or to delay shipping for a reasonable time to allow the check to clear the bank and then
ship the product.
Mastercard, at least here in the US, is now requiring any online, phone, or mail order purchase of tobacco products to pay them $1000.00 PER YEAR! I told them to go f themselves." I've heard this from other Vendors who will not accept MC....a lot of places are not going to allow themselves to be abused like this and stopped doing business with MC....
http://www.OutwestTobacco.com.
I also feel that all of our customers should be aware of what is going on, so bear with me and read on.
To our customers who have been using MasterCard to purchase tobacco products from us:
MasterCard has informed us that they will no longer allow us to process transactions using MasterCard
unless we register with them. The catch is that they charge a $1,000.00 annual fee to register.
I feel this is excessive, that it is extortion and I have chosen not to meet their demand.
This is yet another effort from the anti-tobacco movement to deny mature adults a simple pleasure in their life.
This leaves you with a choice of using a different credit card or to pay by check or money order. If you use the
check/money order method of payment we must make the decision to either immediately ship the product and hope the
check clears so we get paid, or to delay shipping for a reasonable time to allow the check to clear the bank and then
ship the product.
This is starting to make sense I see a lot of places requiring AM, or Visa instead of MC. oh well, thanks for the extended info cigary!
thegoldenmackid
Why Can't I be a Lancero?
I don't think it's actually MasterCard, it's their processor(s).
I'm surprised that, considering how the card companies would like you to pay for EVERYTHING with a card, that they would take this position. Besides, they ARE the processors. The only reasonable explanation that I can come up with is that tobacco products are considered a high-fraud business. All processors charge fees based on the fraud potential of a business (ask me how I know this). It may be that they have eaten in charges more than they are making in the processing fees.
xFreebirdx
Patriot Guard Rider
If you are ordering online MC is MC. When you go to checkout the MasterCard option won't even be there. I've had this with a few vendors and it really bothers me.
Craig Mac
BoM 4/10 7/11 12/14
Mastercard strikes again.... now for a tobacco shop to continue to use Pl@yPl@l online payments made using a Mastercard, retailers must pay ANOTHER $1000 fee in order to continue using.
